If you’ve ever used a utility included with the Windows Operating System, you know the hurdles required to even access the folder within which it’s found. If you’re suffering the fatigue of having to take an unnecessary number of steps to make your way to these tools, we have an app that offers fast access without the hassle you’re used to.

Before proceeding, we should add that this will require the installation of .NET Framework 3.5. At the end of this article, you’ll find a link to it.

Requiring no installation, all you need to do is unpack the executable, place it within the “Program Files” folder and assign it a shortcut.

Once you’ve completed the brief task of setting it up, you can start the Windows Utilities Launcher, where you’re given immediate access to the utilities you’d otherwise have to endure superfluous clicking to locate. Looking at the “Utilities” tab, users will notice all the usual helpers – Computer, Device, Disk, Performance, Display, Services, Task, System, Add/Remove, et.al.

On the “Settings” tab, you’re given the option of having the Launcher start up with Windows; you’re also able to have it start minimized, which will see it occupying your system tray whenever you boot up your computer.

This app also comes with a handy right-click menu. Including the Task Manager, you can access the Notepad and Calculator from the right-click menu.

While these utilities aren’t frequently used, they’re still very helpful in a time of need, which every user will be confronted by at some point. Its use comes with ease, finding that it’ll spare you those few extra steps that were previously required. If you have questions about how to use these utilities, or discover that whatever issue you were attempting to correct hasn’t been resolved, Geek Choice is here to help you.

This application is available or Windows XP, Windows Vista, and the recently launched Windows 7.

First, if you haven’t already done so, download .NET Framework (version 3.5 SP1) here.

Then, download Windows Utilities Launcher (version 1.1) here.